Blessings, the currency used to upgrade breach uniques, can now be used to upgrade breachstones between tiers also.
Right click a Blessing currency item then left click an applicable item to upgrade it. Blessing currency: Blessing of Xoph, Blessing of Tul, Blessing of Esh, Blessing of Uul-Netol, and Blessing of Chayula.
Outcome | Upgrade |
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Esh's Charged Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Esh 1x Esh's Breachstone |
Esh's Enriched Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Esh 1x Esh's Charged Breachstone |
Esh's Pure Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Esh 1x Esh's Enriched Breachstone |
Tul's Charged Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Tul 1x Tul's Breachstone |
Tul's Enriched Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Tul 1x Tul's Charged Breachstone |
Tul's Pure Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Tul 1x Tul's Enriched Breachstone |
Uul-Netol's Charged Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Uul-Netol 1x Uul-Netol's Breachstone |
Uul-Netol's Enriched Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Uul-Netol 1x Uul-Netol's Charged Breachstone |
Uul-Netol's Pure Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Uul-Netol 1x Uul-Netol's Enriched Breachstone |
Xoph's Charged Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Xoph 1x Xoph's Breachstone |
Xoph's Enriched Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Xoph 1x Xoph's Charged Breachstone |
Xoph's Pure Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Xoph 1x Xoph's Enriched Breachstone |
Chayula's Charged Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Chayula 1x Chayula's Breachstone |
Chayula's Enriched Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Chayula 1x Chayula's Charged Breachstone |
Chayula's Pure Breachstone |
1x Blessing of Chayula 1x Chayula's Enriched Breachstone |
Breaches are timed monster-spawning portals. It will randomly spawn in an area in an inactive state. They’re easily identified by the hand-like construct within a purple circle (see image) and purple swirls can be seen within the vicinity. Walking into the hand will activate the breach. Breaches can also be spawned using Vaal Breach, but enemies in these breaches do not give experience or drop items.
Active breaches will expand their circle outwards and spawn a mix of breach monsters within the circle; the faster the monsters are killed the faster the circle expands. After a while, the expansion of the breach will slow down until it eventually retracts quickly and closes.
Breaches stay open for a minimum of 30 seconds, increasing to a maximum of 60 based on how quickly breach monsters are killed. Normal monsters killed while in the breach do not increase the active time.
Monsters moving outside of the active radius will despawn after a short delay. During this time, however, it is still possible to attack and be attacked by the monsters before they’re removed. It is also possible for monsters inside the breach to hit the character while they are outside it.
Breach monsters have increased item rarity and quantity, but have a reduced chance to spawn beyond monsters and only rare breach monsters are able to drop maps. In addition there is a chance to obtain breach-specific unique items and splinters from these monsters as well as breach-exclusive Breach Rings.
Occasionally, a Breachlord can spawn from a Breach. They will drop a number of Splinters when the breach collapses based on how much damage was dealt to them or a large quantity of Splinters when defeated.
Breaches also contain “Clasped Hands”, a breach-specific type of chest. They come in two varieties, “Clasped Hand” or “<Breachlord>’s Clasped Hand”. These chests can drop additional splinters and can only be opened when the breach expands to them. It is possible to see Breachlord specific Clasped Hands before opening the breach itself as a shimmering transparent object.
There are fives types of breaches each associated with a damage type, which will affect accordingly
Path of Exile: Breach Beginner’s Guide – Quick Tips for Farming Breaches Effectively
Since the breaches can spawn a very large number of monsters that hit hard is advisable to be cautious when opening breaches; death can come quickly and without warning.
Characters that have high survivability, high mobility, high damage output as well as good area clearing ability are best at effectively clearing breaches.
Strategies (not all may be suitable for your build):
Breach monsters are special enemies that spawn when drawing near a Breach portal. Unlike beyond demons, Breach monster’s leave corpses that can be exploited using skills such as Detonate Dead, Flesh Offering, and Raise Zombie. They cannot however be raised as Spectre’s using Raise Spectre.
The Heist Flashback Event is all about the ruckus. In each area you’ll contest with several popular mods from past leagues in a harrowing mad-dash for power and glory. Alongside Heist, each area in Wraeclast will have a random selection of three of the following mods present. These mods will change every hour, on the hour.
This is a Heist event which means that alongside the chaos of past mods, you’ll have access to Heist’s content in its current form. This is a separate event to the Heist League which means you’ll need to make a fresh character in order to participate. You can, however, continue to complete your Heist challenges in the Heist Flashback Event.